Viceland.com - BULIMANIA! - Ho Vomitato Per Una Settimana

La Bulimia è una schifezza. Ho provato, per una settimana, a calarmi nelle parte di una bulimica per capirne le cause e studiarne gli effetti. Come cazzo facciano non lo so.

Ho passato una settimana da incubo, a vomitare, a rigirarmi nel letto e a chiamare i miei amici per attaccargli delle pippe enormi su quanto sono grassa. Ecco il diario della mia settimana.

GIORNO 1: Mi alzo presto e faccio ginnastica. Non tocco cibo tutto il giorno. Ho una fame incredibile, non posso neanche guardare la tv perché le pubblicità mi fanno venire ancora più fame. Mastico gomme tutto il giorno e leggo volantini di supermercati.

Alle 7 e 30, corro al supermercato. Compro una scatola di gelato e cinque barrette di cioccolato. Mi sento come se tutti fossero a conoscenza della mia situazione, mentre in realtà a nessuno frega niente di ciò che compro. Non faccio in tempo ad aprire la porta di casa, che ho già la faccia sporca di cioccolato. Entro, mi metto a letto, e mi metto a mangiare il gelato usando una barretta come cucchiaio. Lo mangio tutto.

Mezz’oretta dopo, sono al bagno con due dita in gola. Non funziona! Allora mi ricordo di un documentario che ho visto sulla bulimia dove la protagonista si aiutava con un arnese. Così mi ficco in bocca lo spazzolino della mia coinquilina e BRRRRROOOOOOMMM, vomito l’intero universo. O almeno, il cioccolato. Subito dopo mi sento male, come se avessi il raffreddore. Poi bevo un po’ d’acqua e va un po’ meglio. Mi sento magra ma sazia. La Bulimia funziona! Mi congratulo con me stessa mentre guardo il vomito, senza tirare l’acqua. CE L’HO FATTA.

GIORNO 2: Oggi mangio solo popcorn. In pausa pranzo mi sbafo un pacco di popcorn. Ne ho anche un po’ nelle tasche della giacca, nel caso servissero.

Il mio stomaco è ancora a pezzi da ieri sera. Provo a non vomitare, ma è dura. La giornata passa lentamente, non faccio che pensare al mio peso. Quando torno a casa, ho fame. Ordino quattro pizze maxi. Faccio finta di chiedere “Va bene per tutti?” mentre sono al telefono così il tipo della pizza non pensa che sono una cicciona schifosa. Come sono. Non appena arrivano le pizze, le divoro. Mastico e inghiottisco senza neanche sentire il gusto. Poi vado a trovare il mio migliore amico, il bagno.

Stavolta è peggio. La pizza esce a pezzettini e la salsa mi brucia l’esofago. Ho un taglietto all’angolo delle labbra, e l’acido dei succhi gastrici me lo fa bruciare da morire. Mi sento delle rocce di pizza, rotolare all’interno, fra il naso e la fronte, mi sembrano enormi. Vorrei fermarmi, ma sento di avere ancora pizza dentro. Vomito circa 20 volte. E conto solo le volte in cui esce qualcosa (ho vomitato a secco altrettante volte almeno). Mi sento ancora qualcosa dentro ma mi fermo, sono a pezzi. Mi sento quasi morta. Mi addormento in bagno per un attimo. La notte ho sognato McDonalds.

GIORNO 3: Salto colazione. Sto una merda. Sto tutto il pomreriggio al bar, dove mi ubriaco di gin tonic. Sono molto preoccupata delle calorie che ci sono nell’alcol; penso solo a vomitare. Poi esco con degli amici, e mi ubriaco ancora di più. Verso le 2 di notte, vado al bagno a vomitare. Mi sento benissimo. Il mio stomaco si sta abituando. Nessuno mi rivolge più la parola per il resto della serata, sono pallida con le labbra rosse tipo Dracula, mi trema il collo e puzzo di vomito.

GIORNO 4: Vado al lavoro e cerco di andare in pausa prima di tutti. Apro il frigo dell’ufficio. Rubo tre pranzi di colleghi e mi chiudo in bagno. Divoro una ciotola piena di spaghetti freddi. Poi mi mangio un panino al prosciutto e un petto di pollo semicongelato. La cosa assurda è che in questo momento io sono effettivamente bulimica: se inizio a mangiare, non riesco davvero a fermarmi. Ci ho messo qualche ora a rendermi conto di cosa avevo fatto, soprattutto quando le tre persone senza pranzo si son messe alla ricerca del ladro di cibo. Ma non avevo scelta. Ho vomitato tutto con grossa difficoltà. Il panino è uscito sotto forma di queste polpettone bianche impastate veramente dolorose da espellere. Mi hanno fatto malissimo, ho pianto e mi son venute delle strane pustole rosse attorno agli occhi. Ma per me è stato un gran giorno: ho sfidato le autorità, non ho speso una lira per il cibo e ho vomitato.

GIORNO 5: Giornata normale, pasti regolari, niente vomito. Ho un’incredibile infenzione agli occhi, ho dovuto mettere una benda. Vado all’ospedale e il dottore mi dice che questo esperimento può causarmi delle gravi lesioni allo stomaco se la percentuale di acido nei succhi gastrici supera la media abituale. Sto a letto tutto il giorno a guardare la tv. Provo a farmi una minestrina: niente. Ho fallito. Sono un’incapace, non riesco a far niente.

GIORNO 6: Mi sveglio con una nausea incredibile. Mi alzo per prendere il telefonino e mi vengono i conati di vomito. Ormai per me è facilissimo vomitare, mi basta contrarre il diaframma e qualcosa esce. Mangio tutto il giorno e vomito, vomito, vomito. Vomito tutto, come se vomitassi la mia vita. Vomito i miei sentimenti, il mio stress, i gruppi del cazzo che mi piacevano, tutto il mondo. E’ una figata.

Non posso lavorare, non riesco a pensare, non posso neanche parlare al telefono. Sono su un’isola chiamata Bulimia. Mi addormento sul letto, di fianco a un paio di piatti sporchi.

GIORNO 7: Il mio ultimo giorno. Oggi non mangio, e probabilmente non troverò la forza per uscire dal letto. Penso a cosa scriveranno sulla mia lapide: “Marie-Elaine, morta a 22 anni perché voleva essere magra.”

Ora che tutto è fatto e raccontato, posso tranquillamente dire che la bulimia è una stupidata. NON FATELO. Sono aumentata di un chilo. E addirittura ho temuto che, se qualche bulimica professionista avesse letto l’articolo avrebbe pensato che ho sbagliato tutto, che non è cosi che si fa, che sono una principiante, superficiale, debole. Ma chi se ne fotte. Non penso che abbiano la forza per scrivere qualcosa o per replicare. Vorrei l’avessero, ma non ce l’hanno. Anzi sapete cosa vi dico? Le bulimiche vogliono andare a letto col proprio padre. Tiè! Beccatevi questa. Vediamo se reagite.

MARIE-ELAINE GUAY

Comments:

ALphaBitch, on Sep 14 2008 09:57:04 AM wrote:
ich weiss gar nicht, was die für'n scheiss problem haben. Ich hab seit neun Jahren eine Essstörung und jeder kann das anders auslegen. Die AUssage ist cool: Bulimie ist bescheuert. Der Meinung bin ich auch!!

Date: Jun 01 2008 04:34:14 PM
Author: Genna

fuck you

Date: Jun 01 2008 09:23:30 AM
Author: abcd

Okay, this was entertainment to some but I definitely disagree with the whole idea that eating disorders are a vanity thing. If someone is ignorant enough to "try bulimia" to lose weight then they honestly need to get beaten.
If bulimia was a choice, I'd end it today for good. Instead, I have a slow and tremendously difficult recovery ahead of me.

Date: Jun 01 2008 09:22:34 AM
Author: abcd

Okay, this was entertainment to some but I definitely disagree with the whole idea that eating disorders are a vanity thing. If someone is ignorant enough to "try bulimia" to lose weight then they honestly need to get beaten.
If bulimia was a choice, I'd end it today for good. Instead, I have a slow and tremendously difficult recovery ahead of me.

Subject: article above
Date: Nov 01 2007 08:21:38 PM
Author: Mo' Please

I remember the first time I threw on purpose I had the exact same sensation of like "I did it!" combined with "this is so stupid its hilarious" definitely thought I was too smart to be an after school special. It is the most indulgent disorder around, but three years later its still going strong. I started when I graduated college as almost a joke, felt too smart for it, but it sticks I guess, it can stick...I guarantee you'll do this again at some point or another, not for an article.

Subject: B
Date: May 13 2007 12:44:28 PM
Author: K

Bulimia isn't a disease. It's a habit bred from vanity. Stop justifing it, when it's all about wanting to get famous or look better. People are selfish and have nothing better to do with their time than worry about their weight. When you have food in front of you to eat, do the decent thing and fucking eat it. Right now theres a little kid in Somalia saying "why the fuck won't she eat that pasta when it's there for her? Stupid bitch"

Subject: mary mysterypants
Date: Feb 20 2007 05:41:47 PM
Author: sexy kits

i love you marie-elaine. i love it how everyone hates you, too.

Subject: Fuck it
Date: Oct 18 2006 04:27:03 PM
Author: Matt

I don't care anymore, my ex was bulimic and nothing I could say or do changed it. It's not a disease, it's fucking selfish.

Subject: you dont know shit
Date: Oct 18 2006 03:17:24 PM
Author: sara

you really dont know shit.

Subject: cunt
Date: Oct 07 2006 03:31:22 PM
Author: cecelia

you're a fucking idiot. i'm not bulimic but i know that you can't just decide to have an eating disorder for a week. this is the most idiodic, piece of shit article i have ever read.

Subject: why
Date: Oct 02 2006 01:28:17 AM
Author: why

Bulimia is not a disease.

Alcoholism is not a disease.

It's a social problem, a habit, a concern... Cancer, Polio, those are diseases. Don't be an asshat... you cunts voted in Bush.

Subject: Fucker
Date: Sep 24 2006 01:25:23 PM
Author: B

This is fucking retarded. "Be bulimic for a week"? Bulimia is a DISEASE; you can't just have it for a fucking WEEK. You're an asshole.

Subject: wow
Date: Sep 22 2006 06:05:42 PM
Author: mina

this is bullshit. fuck you, you ignorant piece of shit.

Subject: Mah...
Date: Sep 09 2006 04:31:31 PM
Author: DDX

Provare a fare la bulimica è come un uomo che prova a diventare gay per una settimana...che si diverta o provi dolore a farselo mettere in culo, che importa? Non è gay! Quello che voglio dire è che si può sperimentare il modo ma non il fatto, le conseguenze, non le cause. Tempo sprecato...

Subject: your shit article
Date: Aug 19 2006 09:12:15 AM
Author: love lee

i know you are a good person, and i don't know you... but fuck you.

Subject: ignoranza
Date: Jul 15 2006 11:33:49 PM
Author: paola

ma tu credi davvero che una bulimica si diverta?sei un stupida ,mentre leggevo il tuo articolo avrei voluto averti di fronte per farti vedere come non saprei reagire..la bulimia è una malattia legata alla mencanza di stima,è una fame d'amore,non di cibo..sei solo una piccola stronzetta che non sa quello che dice

Subject: no one cares
Date: Jun 21 2006 11:08:52 PM
Author: fuck

I hate being bulimic in Nyc, its so expensive and shady. I have to live double life all the time. Its wierd because im smart and creative and loving, but I really like eating alone untill I cant eat anymore. Its like people have forgotten that this disease exists, by now its so early nineties it might be coming back. But honestly, what shoud I do, I cant even imagine where to turn.

Subject: bulemaholic
Date: May 07 2006 11:17:02 PM
Author: velvetmaggot

i learned my advanced case of bulemia was really just alcoholism-there goes my sympathy points.

Subject: you should...
Date: May 02 2006 07:07:37 PM
Author: Patric Fallon

get that chick to do commentary. also, i've puked up whole penne noodles that i could've sworn i chewed up completely. numerous penne noodles that somehow reformed in my stomach. it was weird.

Subject: rate
Date: Apr 30 2006 05:52:33 PM
Author: Voiceover

That was great, ballsy and hilarious at the same time like a good practical joke

Subject: marie-elaine
Date: Apr 26 2006 04:32:06 AM
Author: thew

you're the best

too bad about those Italians

Subject: bulimia
Date: Apr 23 2006 09:11:25 AM
Author: misfa

great marie-elaine great!
great article

woooop!
:)

Subject: Italian what?
Date: Apr 19 2006 07:53:09 PM
Author: Marie-Elaine Guay

They are permitted to post on here?
OUTRAGEOUS!

Subject: e` proprio cosi`
Date: Apr 19 2006 09:18:50 AM
Author: uma

la bulimica agisce piu`freddamente e senza spargimenti di sangue.
il vomito diventa vita e rigenero. non lo lodo, ma per anni l'ho fatto, mi sono rovinata i denti..e lo stomaco. ogni volta che leggo qlcosa mi faccio coinvolgere.
per smettere e` stata utile la lettura di GIRL IN A COMA DI D.COUPLAND

Subject: This just made me really sad
Date: Apr 12 2006 05:18:08 PM
Author: Recovering Bulimic

Glad you had the courage to try it, but it's really not that funny when you do it for real and spend like $200 in a day on food and nearly wreck your life and lose all your friends and you hate yourself so much.

Subject: postbulimic deppresion
Date: Apr 04 2006 01:20:28 AM
Author: velt

ur article has made me remember the exquisite pleasures of my yesteryears... Totally depressing...

Subject: holy shit
Date: Apr 03 2006 04:18:47 PM
Author: my choch

this article is amazing.

once I tried puking, turns it that it wasn't more me. then I tried starving myself but I remembered I love cheese way too much. then my boyfriend dumped me and I ate a fucking cake (one of those boring gramma fruit ones with the pudding in the middle) like just this second. this article has really inspired me to give puking a second shot. or else make scrambled eggs-- I just can't decide!

Subject: fuck off dentists
Date: Apr 03 2006 12:30:51 PM
Author: baaaaaaah

I have been a bulemic and my teeth are and have always been fucking perfect.. I´ve never had fix anything at all in my mouth my whole life so just stop that fucking shit about that ALL bulemics have REALLY BAD teeth!! I don't think the girl who wrote this will be marked for life just because of this articel..

Subject: Ick...
Date: Apr 01 2006 02:52:42 PM
Author: Carms

"so I shove my roommate’s toothbrush down my throat and jiggle it around back there" ...

bloody glad it isn't me livin with you.. eep..lovely.

This article isn't great but it isn't bad either.. it's too dangerous to find out what an eating disorder is like without then developing it and that's the last thing you want to do...

Subject: white face
Date: Apr 01 2006 02:07:41 PM
Author: Sluticia McWhore

holy shit, her face is chalky white.

Subject: what the fuck do you think?
Date: Mar 30 2006 05:16:05 PM
Author: aaron

i like this article.
"some dumb cunt wants to go off and starve herself, fuck 'er"
George Carlin
That guy was right on and he ain't even funny any more.

Subject: not sure if its been said yet
Date: Mar 29 2006 09:53:50 PM
Author: fluffy

the romans were the first to puke all the time. puking was mad hot in ancient rome.

Subject: hot chick
Date: Mar 28 2006 05:09:14 PM
Author: art

what's the best way to induce vomitting? i suck at it

Subject: yuk
Date: Mar 27 2006 02:41:17 AM
Author: throat finger throat singer

I am sorry I am a poseur. I just heated up the frozen homemade chicken pot pie (wot my mom aka me mum brought over earlier), and chewed the fucka and done put it on the plate. Coulnd't deal with the chewy nature of the goddam chicken..the thought of the caged and beak cut off birds... shit...eww...if you spit it before you quit it, are you a bulemic, or a stoopid cunt? .spit it out. YUCK

Subject: uh
Date: Mar 26 2006 02:18:17 PM
Author: lashes

fucken bulimic bitches! whats the fucken point yall look fucken ugly

Subject: sure...
Date: Mar 26 2006 12:09:28 PM
Author: me.

"you're an idiot. you know nothing about my eating habits."

good point, but a bit of a contradiction.
i don't know you, true, therefore you are right in saying i can't make a judgement on your eating habbits.

you don't know me, therefore you can't make a judgement on my personality.

it works both ways.

"i throw up everyday and my life is still intact."

good for you, but you are in the minority.

Subject: Marie-Elaine Guay
Date: Mar 26 2006 06:45:59 AM
Author: Ryan

why do you live so far away in Canada?

you are a total 'DO' and Vice's best feature article writer

i want to give you oral for like three hours then make you dinner

Subject: in response to the other me.
Date: Mar 25 2006 11:07:01 AM
Author: me

you're a fucking idiot. i've been bulimic for years. and it really isn't a big deal. it's life. who gives a shit. leave your fucking pity party and get a life outside of being sad because you have a 'problem.'

you're an idiot. you know nothing about my eating habits. i throw up everyday and my life is still intact.

and i love bread.

Subject: yikes
Date: Mar 25 2006 10:58:49 AM
Author: k

as someone who used to have an eating disorder, I find this article both hilarious and sad at the same time.

I don't know if you actually purged, or if all of this is fictitious, but remember that you can die of bulimia at anytime. your throat can rupture or you can have a heart attack. and that isn't just for people who have been purging for years, it's anyone.

and being a bulimic is not about being a self-absorbed bitch, or being vain, it's really about dealing with pain and having shitty coping mechanisms. is it about wanting to be thin? yes and no. it's about fear and lack of control too.

please be careful.
k

Subject: He's right
Date: Mar 24 2006 08:51:37 PM
Author: Yep

Thanks, Duffy.

Subject: "
Date: Mar 24 2006 06:14:10 PM
Author: fucking hell

the people who post in response to articles on this site are fucking retarded. why do you read anything on here if you're going to be offended by a little vomit? fuck me. i am so tired of reading people's bitching about what they subjected themselves to. i can also see how this makes me a hypocrite for reading their bitching. i don't give a fuck. i love this article as much as i love the stalker article. go fuck yourselves. amen.

Subject: *the girl who copied my name*
Date: Mar 24 2006 05:09:46 PM
Author: me.

"Eating disorders are not a big deal."

you clearly have no fucking idea.
what.. have u cut bread out of your diet so now you're anorexic?!

i think anything that takes a person away is a big fucking deal. not necessarily by death but any eating disorder takes a huge amount from who you are.

Subject: i hate everyone.
Date: Mar 24 2006 11:13:39 AM
Author: me

this article isn't offensive to someone who's had an eating disorder like me or anyone else i know. it was awesome.

most of the people that commented on here have no idea what they are talking about.

kudos to Marie-Elaine.

I thought it was funny. Eating disorders are not a big deal. Anyone who is offended by this is overly dramatic.

Subject: Could it be sicker? Yes, it could...
Date: Mar 23 2006 10:13:52 PM
Author: FYIB

The experience is somehow interesting but there's now way you can call a one week purging experience «bulimia», it's so much more complicated than that. I also can see how a self motivated vomiting session can be offensive for someone who is daily driven by purging urges and food and body obsession. Anyway, you are one fucked girl. Let's how no one sees it a a some crazy «thinspiration» because this would definetly be sick.
For your next article, you should think about some dead baby stuff. It would be sick enough I guess...

Subject: drugs n vomit
Date: Mar 23 2006 10:17:58 PM
Author: boozled

Next time try coke and then puking.

I hear that works pretty fucking well too.

Subject: MARIE RULES
Date: Mar 23 2006 09:21:44 PM
Author: WHATEVS

who said this article was about making fun?

PEOPLE WHO POST ON THIS SITE ARE SO FUCKING UNEDUCATED AND RETARDED PUNKS .

Subject: fuck this shit
Date: Mar 23 2006 06:58:33 PM
Author: fuck you

You actually think that you know what it is like to be bulimic?! All you did was puke for a week, OMG Wow what an accomplishment. You did not deal with any of the mental effects. You think that you made bulimia seem difficult and tiring, but people with the actual problem think that you made it look easy, I wish that it was as easy as you think it is. Also, bulimia, is not about wanting to be skinny. Maybe you should do a lot more research before your next article. Bulimia is a disease. Cancer is a disease. I don't see you making fun of people with cancer you fucking whore bitch!

Subject: that's messed up
Date: Mar 23 2006 05:42:30 PM
Author: os

a week of bingeing and purging does not give you any insight on what it's like to have bulimia. it's a mental disorder. this is a dumb article. you spent a week puking, not bulimic.

Subject: to clarify..
Date: Mar 23 2006 05:11:23 PM
Author: me.

if none of you bother to read the subject, my above post, although it could be said for the author of the article too, was a responce to this post....

Subject: Amazing.
Date: Mar 22 2006 09:38:42 PM
Author: Jurieeeeee

This article.
Is just amazing.

This is the best part besides
"I have been bulimic for 11 years and this is just straight up offensive...honestly get a life"

I don't even need to elaborate. That's just stupid.

Subject: Jurieeeeee
Date: Mar 23 2006 05:06:35 PM
Author: me.

you are a bitch.
an in-humain bitch.
a bitch with no clue.

Subject: Fuckin' A
Date: Mar 23 2006 12:24:46 AM
Author: Jing Jiang

Thanks Marie for introducing me to the wonderful world of bulimia.
Loved the detailed puking sessions.
And boy did I enjoyed taking the time to imagine a gigantic shit tearing up my butthole.

Delicious again Marie.

Subject: Ana
Date: Mar 22 2006 09:57:31 PM
Author: Paco

ZOMG THINSPIRATION

Subject: Amazing.
Date: Mar 22 2006 09:38:42 PM
Author: Jurieeeeee

This article.
Is just amazing.

This is the best part besides
"I have been bulimic for 11 years and this is just straight up offensive...honestly get a life"

I don't even need to elaborate. That's just stupid.

Subject: sick
Date: Mar 22 2006 02:20:25 PM
Author: Allana

The reason you were so "weak" is that you starved so much, your a idiot. Your just like everyone else thinking its all about vanity and selfishness. Its actually about a huge loss of self esteem and self worth, anorexic and bulimics do not share what they do. Thats their worst nightmare, thats someone would find out.
Its a serious mental/physical illness. I have no idea what you think you would accomplish by this sick "experiment".
Although people like you will never understand or want to so I guess you will enjoy and feel a feeling or gratitude from all these replies.
Hell gold star for you!

Subject: dumb
Date: Mar 22 2006 12:11:50 PM
Author: alex

bilimia is not something to be mocked in this manner, you obviously didn't get any understanding of the disorder from your little experiment

Subject: this.
Date: Mar 21 2006 11:07:39 PM
Author: T$

this was thinspiring!

Subject: Bulimia is Wasteful
Date: Mar 21 2006 06:00:28 PM
Author: ya.

I think my favorite part of this article is that she was genuinely concerned about being criticized by seasoned bulimics. Really? That is like a heroin addict with the hiv knocking an amateur for mainlining incorrectly. Even if you can't purge $45 worth of Del Taco without breaking a sweat, at least you have your tooth enamel, electrolyte balance, and, oh yeah, SANITY.

Subject: good one
Date: Mar 21 2006 05:41:57 PM
Author: well read

I think this article was a great read. I especially loved the last paragraph in which you figure the bulimic would be too weak to send hate mail to you in regards to this.

This particular article takes me back to the early days of vice when they were very tongue in cheek.

Subject: Why?
Date: Mar 21 2006 04:47:30 PM
Author: A Bulimic Girl

I am just wondering why this was even done. Yea, at times in my life I have wondered what heroin or crack are like but that doesn't mean I will go out and try them...I have been bulimic for 11 years and this is just straight up offensive...honestly get a life

Subject: you.
Date: Mar 21 2006 04:28:27 PM
Author: me.

you.. are a fucking asshole.
i won't waste my piss on you.
and "bulemia" learn to spell the bloody word!

Subject: MH
Date: Mar 21 2006 02:02:58 PM
Author: James

reading this article made me want to throw up

tres excellent!

Subject: our names are sort of similar
Date: Mar 20 2006 08:25:02 PM
Author: Alaina Maria

I've never met you but I love you.

Subject: I HEART HER
Date: Mar 20 2006 03:00:29 PM
Author: Ennis Mcgilroys Revenge

WHY CAN"T I FIND YOU MARIE-ELAINE GUAY AND EAT FOIS GRAS OUT OF YOUR NAVEL.
.

Subject: huzzah.
Date: Mar 20 2006 11:58:50 AM
Author: mina

that was the best fucking article i have ever read.

i. love. you.

Subject: to the joking pukeface
Date: Mar 19 2006 09:47:30 PM
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh

you are a dumb girl.
you are a bad writer.
you are better off eating. just go eat and eat.
my name is ottessa moshfegh.
i hide nothing.

Subject: adressing the retard below me
Date: Mar 19 2006 04:01:14 PM
Author: What gives !

You always gain weight during the first weeks, due to water retention from the puking.

Read a book, twat.

Subject: Researchers Vs. Jack asses.
Date: Mar 19 2006 11:03:48 AM
Author: DLM

It's really sad what a lack of life does to a person. I agree with the person that said she hopes you never get interested in serial killers. Though considering your attempts at being bulimic made you gain weight, I figure you'd probably kill yourself by accident were you to actually try being a serial killer.

Subject: masachism
Date: Mar 18 2006 04:57:02 PM
Author: pure

"I used to be bulimic"

"No way, you can read minds?"

-Zoolander

other than that the movie sucked

Subject: It really is like that
Date: Mar 17 2006 11:45:05 PM
Author: ex-b-junkie

another former bulimic looks back at her former lifestyle with laughing revulsion. Thanks Vice! You show it for what it is.
I'm glad I got my shit together so I can be laughing about it rather than trapped in it still. Now if I could just grow back new tooth enamel...

Subject: tooth brush
Date: Mar 17 2006 02:53:03 PM
Author: Zoroastura

i knew this bitch who used an extra long 'Reach' toothbrush to give herself a nice heave, and one day she lost hold of the grip and it fell down her throat. She screamed around the bathroom for a while, came out in her underwear to the kitchen and her mom and sister drove her to the ER. They got it out though. She's still bulimic. hahahaahhahah!
Bulimics are the less esteemed of all of the eating disorders in my humble opinon, anorexics are wayyy more hardcore, adn they get more bony and thin.

Subject: ouch
Date: Mar 16 2006 11:53:33 PM
Author: Zopolous

Careful, you might get what you wish for. The ability to cancel out a mistake so easily (ie the mistake of eating bad food) is very seductive. Bulimia is literally having your cake and eating it too - or some variation of that, anyway (insert own street smart journalist pun here).

I always found throwing up using my fingers quite easy. Sometimes I enjoyed being bulimic. The temporary escape of scarfing down all that forbidden food. But before I made myself get better, it was very very bad. Like a nightmare.

I thought your article was interesting, but I wonder what the point of it was?

Subject: wow
Date: Mar 16 2006 09:48:17 AM
Author: Hank Greenberg

hilarious

Subject: i like crack.
Date: Mar 15 2006 11:17:12 PM
Author: Bobby Brown

i should go bulimic for a few days, see how that works out. i am fat as fuck.

Subject: sweet jesus
Date: Mar 15 2006 10:27:09 PM
Author: Beth

That was pretty brave of you to do and share with everyone. I never heard the detail of it like that before. I think just knowing how it would feel to get it all out is enough to make me never try... that and the fact that if I don't eat for half a day I can actually black out haha.

Subject: WILLY
Date: Mar 15 2006 10:29:35 PM
Author: CHILLY

"it's all in my head,No one gives a shit what i buy"

pure genius
MARIE-ELAINE GUAY

Subject: THE SHIT
Date: Mar 15 2006 10:28:10 PM
Author: THE SHIT

THIS ARTICLE IS CREATIVE SHIT, FUCK HATERS, BELIEVE THE HYPE, I WAS WRONG ABOUT YOU VICE!

Subject: unexpurgated
Date: Mar 15 2006 07:23:14 PM
Author: Paul

spending a week barfing to find out what it's like to have bulimia is about as sharp as sawing off an arm to get an understanding of amputees.

anyway, here's hoping this girl doesn't get into serial killers.

Subject: Pick one!
Date: Mar 15 2006 05:09:53 PM
Author: Anorexia vs. Bulimia

Bulimia is bad, really bad, but anorexia is worse. The seretonin drop that comes with starvation makes existence a hell unlike any other, even worse than the REAL hell! Yeah....

Subject: job well done
Date: Mar 15 2006 03:52:12 PM
Author: drifty

girl looks good

Subject: Bulimic
Date: Mar 15 2006 03:04:54 PM
Author: joe-Bob

Hey is this the same girl who dis the stalking for beginners? Because this is some funny shit.

Subject: dentists
Date: Mar 15 2006 02:39:23 PM
Author: shawn

my doctor told me about all the bulemic girls in the neighborhood and that they had the worst teeth...never go to the dentist after a hard night of drinking and vomiting.

Subject: Bulemia
Date: Mar 15 2006 02:32:33 PM
Author: Bobby Digital

Obviously, the name is an alias. I was bulemic and I thought it worked out all right. There was a shame component, and there was an efficacy component. Eventually the shame-type one won out and I quit it. I don't think it's a bad short-term strategy if you start exercising and eating well after you quit. I was constantly afraid that everyone _knew_, though. It was worse than being on drugs. (However, it was the same feeling)

Subject: post
Date: Mar 15 2006 02:33:30 PM
Author: yay

first to post( that girl sgould be concernered with her teeth

Subject: So absurd its funny.
Date: Mar 15 2006 02:25:33 PM
Author: Elcee

That was some funny shit. As a former bulimic, I applaud your ability to make light of a disorder thats more similiar to smoking cigarettes than OCD or whatever mental disorder is to your liking. Even though I am craving to call you an amateur, the absolute hilarity of your writing holds me back from wanting to show you up in the bathroom, in a finger to finger duel. Thanks for redeeming Vice's temporary slump.

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